# Zambia Import Opportunities

Explore Zambia's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $9.7B
- Import CAGR: +14.3%
- Trade openness: 57.5%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 260300 | Copper ores and concentrates | $416.6M | +26.9% | 10 | 9989 |
| 2 | HS 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $314.2M | +49.3% | 1 | 10000 |
| 3 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $1.0B | +23.1% | 62 | 1869 |
| 4 | HS 740319 | Copper: refined, unwrought, n.e.c. in item no. 7403.1 | $268.4M | +54.2% | 3 | 10000 |
| 5 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $445.5M | +30.7% | 35 | 1871 |
| 6 | HS 030355 | Fish: frozen, jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 | $122.4M | +78.2% | 4 | 9986 |
| 7 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $258.6M | +15.9% | 5 | 4746 |
| 8 | HS 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $150.1M | +16.0% | 31 | 4672 |
| 9 | HS 282200 | Cobalt oxides and hydroxides: commercial cobalt oxides | $78.7M | +89.7% | 2 | 10000 |
| 10 | HS 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $107.3M | +9.3% | 31 | 6107 |
| 11 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $141.9M | +13.9% | 52 | 2699 |
| 12 | HS 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | $79.8M | +23.6% | 15 | 3671 |
| 13 | HS 310290 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, other kinds including mixtures not specified in the foregoing subheadings | $40.1M | +34.0% | 8 | 8851 |
| 14 | HS 870410 | Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods | $119.2M | +24.4% | 20 | 2264 |
| 15 | HS 310590 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: n.e.s. in heading no. 3105 | $49.4M | +20.7% | 33 | 6802 |
| 16 | HS 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $38.5M | +27.2% | 15 | 8701 |
| 17 | HS 150710 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $81.2M | +55.2% | 7 | 2941 |
| 18 | HS 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers: polypropylene in primary forms | $35.5M | +24.8% | 13 | 9378 |
| 19 | HS 870423 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), nes in item no 8704.1 | $53.9M | +16.1% | 26 | 5416 |
| 20 | HS 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $35.8M | +18.0% | 5 | 9959 |
| 21 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $62.5M | +11.0% | 37 | 5089 |
| 22 | HS 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $72.3M | +15.9% | 46 | 4103 |
| 23 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $52.6M | +21.6% | 32 | 4179 |
| 24 | HS 847490 | Machines, for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing etc mineral substances, for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid fuels, ceramic pastes etc, for forming foundry moulds of sand: parts | $93.6M | +15.5% | 53 | 2000 |
| 25 | HS 871631 | Tanker trailers and tanker semi-trailers | $34.4M | +22.9% | 14 | 5702 |
| 26 | HS 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $61.7M | +61.8% | 41 | 2062 |
| 27 | HS 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $39.6M | +32.0% | 36 | 4917 |
| 28 | HS 250300 | Sulphur of all kinds: other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | $43.1M | +38.2% | 16 | 3283 |
| 29 | HS 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | $29.3M | +38.5% | 5 | 6859 |
| 30 | HS 722830 | Steel, alloy: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded | $24.4M | +22.8% | 5 | 9849 |
| 31 | HS 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $34.6M | +10.8% | 26 | 8940 |
| 32 | HS 330210 | Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industries | $44.2M | +17.6% | 31 | 4227 |
| 33 | HS 850440 | Electrical static converters | $51.2M | +15.5% | 57 | 3833 |
| 34 | HS 840220 | Boilers: super-heated water boilers | $21.0M | +26.9% | 8 | 9977 |
| 35 | HS 871639 | Trailers and semi-trailers: (other than tanker type) | $47.6M | +22.0% | 23 | 4076 |
| 36 | HS 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $87.4M | +8.9% | 76 | 1755 |
| 37 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $50.3M | +5.6% | 40 | 4873 |
| 38 | HS 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $46.1M | +18.6% | 14 | 3331 |
| 39 | HS 761290 | Aluminium: casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment | $18.6M | +30.7% | 10 | 9965 |
| 40 | HS 841370 | Pumps: centrifugal, n.e.c. in heading no. 8413, for liquids | $45.9M | +15.0% | 49 | 3669 |
| 41 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $35.2M | +4.6% | 13 | 7763 |
| 42 | HS 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $29.1M | +10.3% | 28 | 8092 |
| 43 | HS 220600 | Beverages, fermented: (eg cider, perry, mead) | $17.9M | +30.0% | 12 | 9987 |
| 44 | HS 401180 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machines | $67.6M | +12.9% | 26 | 1944 |
| 45 | HS 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances: n.e.s. in item no. 8479.8, having individual functions | $30.0M | +12.3% | 42 | 5739 |
| 46 | HS 841391 | Pumps: parts thereof | $32.2M | +11.0% | 48 | 5223 |
| 47 | HS 310260 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, double salts and mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate | $18.4M | +36.3% | 12 | 7551 |
| 48 | HS 270400 | Coke and semi-coke: of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated: retort carbon | $17.7M | +21.4% | 4 | 9567 |
| 49 | HS 310210 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | $89.2M | +12.3% | 23 | 1367 |
| 50 | HS 843041 | Boring or sinking machinery: self-propelled, n.e.s. in heading no. 8430 | $46.7M | +18.4% | 21 | 1940 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.